By Beth Pinyerd School starts back soon but over these next few weeks, families can share inspiration and togetherness as we see life lessons being...
Column Articles
Inside the Statehouse
Governor Kay Ivey Second Governor from Wilcox County By Steve Flowers Kay Ivey is doing a good job as governor. She is a strong and decisive leader,...
Not Only a World Crisis Human Trafficking Happens in Lee County, Too
By GREG MARKLEY In the classic 1942 movie Casablanca, the protagonist Rick (Humphrey Bogart) owns a café in the Moroccan city, in December 1941. He...
WORDS
By SEAN DIETRICH “Don’t kiss a girl without being prepared to give her your last name.” My granny said that. My father gave me this one: “If you so...
CUBA
By BRADLEY ROBERTSON It was the week of my 39th birthday, November, when I boarded a plane with my husband and in two hours I had the privilege of...
The Death Of The Abide
By WENDY HODGE My very first apartment, when I was a freshman in college, was sparsely decorated in what my roommate and I referred to as “up-scaled...
Making the Grade: The Juicy Seafood
By Stacey Patton Wallace In all my 58 years, I have lived in small towns. For the first 27 years of my life, I lived in Alexander City (“Eleck” City...
Blessed Are the Refreshers
By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Paul’s second letter to Timothy was probably written no more than a couple...
Any Rope Burns On Your Hands?
By WALTER ALBRITTON Before he met Jesus, Saul was a brilliant pharisee living in Jerusalem. After the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, Saul...